holy moly that is inventive! at first i thought any dirty diaper repurposing would involve a practical joke on an unfriendly neighbor, i.e. stashing some gems in their yard for aromatic purposes. i like the cable ties best. :-)

Awesome!! Ah, we had the same conundrum with the bungs. There were 2 styles we tried - one that was the same depth as the wood of the barrel, and one that is roughly twice the depth. Due to the material of the bung, if you try to hit either one with a hammer, lets say, the hammer just kinda bounces off and the force does nothing to secure it - right? :-) So we sort of twisted the larger ones a little as we pushed it in by hand, and surprisingly it stays ok when the barrel is upright and full. The one that is the same width as the wood also stayed in place ok. There might be other solutions to this as well.Sorry for the delayed reply, was getting married and totally immersed in wedding planning. One note I would add about using the water, is if you have young fruit trees or shrubs...

Awesome!! Ah, we had the same conundrum with the bungs. There were 2 styles we tried - one that was the same depth as the wood of the barrel, and one that is roughly twice the depth. Due to the material of the bung, if you try to hit either one with a hammer, lets say, the hammer just kinda bounces off and the force does nothing to secure it - right? :-) So we sort of twisted the larger ones a little as we pushed it in by hand, and surprisingly it stays ok when the barrel is upright and full. The one that is the same width as the wood also stayed in place ok. There might be other solutions to this as well.Sorry for the delayed reply, was getting married and totally immersed in wedding planning. One note I would add about using the water, is if you have young fruit trees or shrubs, they seem to be more sensitive to the ph and any residual biologicals that are present in the first few cycles of filling & emptying the barrel. We have a 2 year old fig sapling that showed very droopy leaves after watering from a newly assembled barrel, bounced back when we watered from the hose. Our mature apricot trees did just fine with it though.